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title: Blackboard
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>[Blackboard Learn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Learn) (previously the `Blackboard Learning Management System`)
> is a web-based virtual learning environment and learning management system developed by Blackboard Inc.
> The software features course management, customizable open architecture, and scalable design that allows
> integration with student information systems and authentication protocols. It may be installed on local servers,
> hosted by `Blackboard ASP Solutions`, or provided as Software as a Service hosted on Amazon Web Services.
> Its main purposes are stated to include the addition of online elements to courses traditionally delivered
> face-to-face and development of completely online courses with few or no face-to-face meetings.

## Installation and Setup

There isn't any special setup for it.

## Document Loader

See a [usage example](/oss/integrations/document_loaders/blackboard).

```python
from langchain_community.document_loaders import BlackboardLoader

```
